The Independent covered the story of William Cranston, who said he "lost his rag" when he discovered his partner and best friend making love. Cranston killed Kay Morton, 39, with a single stab wound to the heart and knifed Paul Wilkins, 55, several times, severing one of his arteries.
The shrink involved was Dr Philip Joseph (left), who examined Cranston. Dr Joseph said Cranston had "...suffered "the ultimate betrayal" by Ms Morton, and that catching the pair having sex on the sofa where his son died was "the last straw". A psychiatric examination revealed he suffered a "catastrophic loss of self-control".Now for Paddy Mac's evaluation of Dr Joseph's evaluation. Suffered the "ultimate betrayal." Most of us mortals could have told the court that and I for one wouldn't mind the cash that was handed over for that opinion.
The best bit though is the "psychiatric examination" to find out Cranston had a "catastrophic loss of self-control." What sort of psychiatric examination was that doc? Perhaps the very 'scientific' psychiatric examination went something like this:
Dr Joseph: "Tell me what happened Mr Cranston."
Mr Cranston: "I saw them having sex and I got mad."
Dr Joesph: "How did you feel?"
Mr Cranston: "I felt very angry."
Dr Joseph: "What happened then?"
Mr Cranston: "I felt myself losing control very quickly because I was so angry."
Dr Joseph: "What happened then?"
Mr Cranston: "I lost my self-control."
Dr Joseph: "What happened then?"
Mr Cranston: "It was a catastrophe. I killed them both when I lost control."
And this is how you can reach the very very very scientific psychiatric evaluation that Mr Cranston had a "catastrophic loss of self-control." Rocket science takes a back seat in comparison to this stuff.
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